It's time to repeal the President's Iraq War Powers: by Rep Lynn Woolsey

[kpete]

It's time to repeal the President's Iraq War Powers
by Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Tue Jul 25, 2006
It's time to repeal the President's Iraq War Powers

On October 11, 2002, the Congress, over the objections of many Members of the House and Senate, passed legislation giving the President the authority to use force in Iraq. At the time I was a vocal critic of the war, but unfortunately my voice, as well as thousands of others, was drowned out by misinformation from the administration.

In making its case, the administration threatened us that if we didn't act fast, the proof of Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction would "come in the form of a mushroom cloud." We were also told that the case against the war, and the evidence of a weapons' program was, "a slam dunk." Now, three and a half years later, the American public knows what many of us believed all along, that this administration, and our president, misled us about the case to go to war.

.................

This occupation of Iraq must end, now, and President Bush must bring our troops home.

That is why, today, I am introducing the Iraq War Powers Repeal Act of 2006. It is past time for Congress to demand that the Bush Administration come clean on Iraq, and put the safety of our troops, and the security of our nation first.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/7/25/9581/05716

[jean]

1. Bravo, Lynn!

[bbgrunt]

2. Great!! Does she have any co-sponsors?

[tbyg52]

3. Going back to *declared* wars--what a comcept!